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(No Model.)

A. RIGNY.

k BOTTLING PUGET.l

f Patented Nov. zo, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT vALFRED EiGNY, or NEW Yoan, n. Y.

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BOTTLlNG-FAUCET.

SPECFICATION forming part lf Letters Patent N0. 288,859, dated November 20, 1883.

Application led April 10, 1883. (No model.)`

To @EZ whom, it 11i/ay concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED RIGNY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bttling-Faucets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improvement, illustrating its use. Fig. 2 is asectional side elevation of the same, taken through the line w x, Fig. l. Fig. Sis a sectional plan view of the same,taken through the line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the saine, taken through the line .e e', Fig. 2. n

The object of this invention is to facilitate the bottlingof liquids, and prevent waste of the liquids while being bottled.

The invention consists in a bottling-faucet constructed with a tube to enter the bottle, and having at its lower end a valve attached to rods passing up the outside of the tube, and connected with a sliding collar held upfby a spiral spring resting against a stationary collar attached to the tube, so that the valve can be readily opened and will be automatically closed. The depth to which the tube enters the bottle islimited by an adjustable collar held in place by a set-screw, and provided with a recess to allow the air to escape freely, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents a tube of couvenientlength, and of such a size as to be readily passed into the mouth of a bottle and leave space around it for the free escape of air from the bottle. lThe lower end of the tube A is closed by a valve, B, to which is secured, by a screw, C, a packing, D, of rubber or other suitable material, and which is made in the form of afrustuin of a cone, so that as it wears it can pass farther into the lower end of the tube A, and thus keep the lower end of the said tube tightly closed, while being very durable. To the opposite side edges of the valve B are soldered or otherwise secured the lower ends of two rods, E,which pass up through guide-recesses in the outer surface of the collar F, which is made thin, so that it will not interfere with the passage of the said tube through the mouth pf the bottle. The rods E also pass through recesses in the inner surface of a collar, G, soldered or otherwise secured to the tube A, and which is provided with handles H upon the opposite sides of the tube A. The upper ends of the rods E are soldered or otherwise secured to the opposite sides ofthe collar I, which slides up and down upon the upper part of the tube A, and is provided with handles J, corresponding in position with the handles H of the collar G. The collar I is held upward, holding the val ve B closed, by a spiral spring, K, placed upon the upper part of the tube A, between the collars G I, and with itsends resting against the said collars. The valve B is opened by pressing the collar I downward by means of the handles J H. Upon the lower part of the tube A is placed a collar, L, to rest upon the upper end of the bottle to be filled, and limit lthe depth to which the lower end of the said tube enters the bottle. The collar L is secured in place by a set-screw, M, andhas a recess, N, formed in the lower part of one side .to allow air to escape from the bottle while the collar L is resting upon its upper end. To the upper end of the tubeA is attached the end of arubber tube, O, the other end of which is designed to be attached to the discharge-faucet of the cask or other receptacle from which the liquid is to be drawn.

In using the faucet, the upper end of the tube A is connected with the discharge-faucet of the Cask, and the stop-collar L is so adjusted that the part of the tube A that enters the bottle will occupy exactly the saine amount of space that is required to be left empty to receive the cork, so that the cork can be put in as soon as the tube is withdrawn. The discharge-faucet of the cask is opened, and the valve B is opened by pressing the collar. I downward, allowing the liquid to flow into the bottle. When the bottle is filled, the valve B is closed by releasing the collar I, and the faucet is removed from one bottle and insertedin anotherbottle without any waste of the liquid.

' Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is* I l. A bottling-faucet constructed substan- IOC) tially as herein shown and described, and oonsisting of the tube A, the valve B, the valve-v rods E, the sliding collar having handles, the stationary collar having handles, the spiral spring, and the adjustable gage-collar having recess, as set forth. t

2. In abottling-fauoet, the oonibination,with

the tube A, of the valve B, the exterior valverods, E, the sliding collar l, having handles, the stationary Collar G, having handles, and the `spiral spring K, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the valve can be readily opened and will be automatically closed, as set forth.

i 3. In abottling-faueet, the oombination,with 15 ited Without obstructing the escape of air, as 2o set forth.

ALFRED RIGNY.

Witnesses JAMns T. GRAHAM, G. SEDGWICK. 

